Brinks Home Indoor Camera Privacy Report
The Brinks Home Indoor Camera is a professionally monitored camera, but that doesn’t mean that it’s being used to spy on its users. In fact, it’s the opposite. It doesn’t store video footage or audio when there’s no legitimate security threat, and the professional monitoring station only sees the camera’s footage when there’s an alarm. Brinks also doesn’t collect more data than necessary from its subscribers, but we’ve deducted points because they share some of the data they collect with third parties.
Encryption
| In Transit | Yes |
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| At rest? | Yes |
| All network communications and capabilities? | Yes |
Security Updates
| Automatic, regular software/ firmware updates? | No |
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| Product available to use during updates? | Yes |
Passwords
| Mandatory password? | Yes |
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| Two-Factor authentication? | No |
| Multi-Factor authentication? | Yes, can use fingerprint on specific devices |
Vulnerability Management
| Point of contact for reporting vulnerabilities? | Fill out a community ticket following guidelines |
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| Bug bounty program? | No |
Privacy Policy
| Link | https://brinkshome.com/privacy-policy |
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| Specific to device? | No |
| Readable? | Yes |
| What data they log | Name, title, company, mailing address, phone number, password, resume information, IP address, login data, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices used to access their website and marketing and communication data about preferences. |
| What data they don’t log | n/a |
| Can you delete your data? | No |
| Third-party sharing policies | Shares data with third parties. |
Surveillance
| Log camera device/ app footage | No |
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| Log microphone device/ app | No |
| Location tracking device/ app | Tracks location through IP address |
Parental Controls
| Are there parental controls? | No |
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Company History
| Any security breaches/ surveillance issues in past? | No |
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| Did they do anything to fix it? | n/a |
Additional Security Features
| Anything like privacy shutters, privacy zones, etc.? | n/a |
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